California Senate Bill SB314 Latest Draft

 BILL NUMBER: SB 314INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Berryhill FEBRUARY 23, 2015 An act to amend Section 451 of the Penal Code, relating to arson. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 314, as introduced, Berryhill. Arson. Existing law provides that a person is guilty of the crime of arson when he or she willfully and maliciously sets fire to or burns or causes to be burned, or who aids, counsels, or procures the burning of, any structure, forest land, or property. The crime of arson is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison, as specified. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 451 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 451. A person is guilty of arson when he or she willfully and maliciously sets fire to or burns or causes to be  burned or   burned, or  who aids, counsels, or procures the burning of, any structure, forest land, or property. (a) Arson that causes great bodily injury is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for five, seven, or nine years. (b) Arson that causes an inhabited structure or inhabited property to burn is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for three, five, or eight years. (c) Arson of a structure or forest land is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for two, four, or six years. (d) Arson of property is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months, two, or three years. For purposes of this paragraph, arson of property does not include one burning or causing to be burned his or her own personal property unless there is an intent to defraud or there is injury to another person or another person's structure, forest land, or property. (e)  In the case of any   If a  person  is  convicted of violating this section while confined in a state prison, prison road camp, prison forestry camp, or other prison camp or prison farm, or while confined in a county jail while serving a term of imprisonment for a felony or misdemeanor conviction, any sentence imposed shall be consecutive to the sentence for which the person was then confined.